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Heads of Bureau Circular #11, 1973-1974: Maternity and Child Care Leaves
Regulations governing leaves of absence for maternity and/or child care for administrative (non-pedagogical) staff. Page 1 of this document is Heads of Bureau Circular #15, 1975-1976, which amends a section of Circular #11.
New Member Handbook
With topics ranging from your salary to your professional growth to where to go for help, this handbook will provide answers to many of your questions, information about enhancing your professional and economical status, and help in making sense of...
How educators are helping
School communities have pulled together to care for and educate tens of thousands of newcomer students, many of whom have arrived in New York City with little more than the clothes on their backs. The UFT hosted a listening session on Oct. 25 to...
Net-zero energy
Students learn how to combat climate change at eco-friendly, solar energy-powered school on Staten Island that has become a model for the Carbon Free and Healthy Schools campaign.
Lead
Lead hazards in paint and water.
Obtaining required CTLE credits
The New York State Board of Regents requires certain teachers and paraprofessionals to collect and track professional learning credits called CTLE hours to maintain their state certifications. The following Q&A will help you learn more about these...
Finding common cause: The early years
The irony is stunning. As the UFT prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Department of Education has announced its plans to close the school where the first stirrings of teacher unionism began here almost a century ago.
Adapted physical education (APE) guidance: New York State resources
last updated 4/11/23
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Article Nine — Education Reform
A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...
Article Twelve — Excessing and Layoff
A. Excessing Rules - Appointed Secretaries Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior school secretary within license who volunteers will be excessed from the school to a vacancy within the same district or in the case of high...
Article Eleven — Excessing and Layoff
A. Excessing Rules-Appointed Psychologists and Social Workers Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior social worker or psychologist (as applicable) who volunteers will be excessed to a vacancy within the same superintendency...
Class struggles: The UFT story, part 7
Roger Parente still gets up early. Only these days it’s to get in a game of tennis before the stifling mid-day heat of the Southern California desert sets in. Approaching 70, Parente is surprised how well a decade of retirement has agreed with him...
Testimony regarding the proposed FY23 Executive Budget
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York State Senate & Assembly Committees on Finance, Ways & Means and Education regarding the proposed FY23 Executive Budget.
New York Institute of Technology
Learn more about opportunties through NYIT.
Class struggles: The UFT story, part 1
The UFT turns 36 this year [1996]. As unions go, that makes us a fairly new kid on the block. But the reality is that our labor roots stretch back to 1916 and that most of our founding mothers and fathers have either retired or passed on. Even those...
A Parent’s Guide to Special Education in New York State for Preschool and School-Age Students with Disabilities
A Parent’s Guide to Special Education in New York State for Preschool and School-Age Students with Disabilities
Guidance from the DOE on March parent-teacher conferences
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza issued guidance from the DOE to schools about March parent-teacher conferences.
Teacher Union Day Honorees
Teacher Union Day offers an opportunity to celebrate our union's recent accomplishments while remembering the brave educators who put everything on the line in the 1960 strike that forged this union. Congratulations to this year's honorees!
Si Beagle registration FAQ
Read our FAQ to answer questions about registering for upcoming courses, seminars and trips through the Si Beagle Learning Centers program.
Article Eleven — Retention, Excessing and Layoff
A. Retention of Regular Substitutes A regular substitute who, upon completion of one year of service in a school, has been notified in writing by the principal that he/she will be reassigned in that school for the following school year shall be...
Article Eleven — Excessing and Layoff
A. Excessing Rules — Appointed Counselors Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior counselor within license who volunteers will be excessed from the school or program to a vacancy within the same district or, in the case of...
High School Students' Attitudes Toward Animals
This unit will describe a project undertaken by Rhonda Donn, when she was a high school senior at Townsend Harris High School in Queens, New York, in 1990. It deals with an attitudinal scale she developed concerning high school students' attitudes...
Chapter Leader Update
Read the most recent biweekly issue of the Chapter Leader Update with the latest information and guidance for UFT chapter leaders.
Protocol for assessing students suspected of having influenza-like illness
The New York State Department of Labor Public Employees Safety and Health Bureau (NYSDOL PESH) published an H1N1 enforcement directive to protect public sector employees, including those who work in the New York City public school system, from...
Alternatives to Dissection in Biology Education
The activities in this unit will provide students with a basic understanding of the alternatives to the use of animals for dissection in biology and other science classes, the arguments for and against dissection and the environmental and social...
Testimony of Michael Mulgrew on the DOE's provision of special education services
UFT President Michael Mulgrew submitted testimony before the New York City Council Education Committee’s oversight hearing on the DOE's provision of special education services.
Due process and summons
In some cases, teachers under investigation or awaiting charges are removed from their teaching assignments and are temporarily reassigned to administrative duties in their schools or in a DOE administrative office until the investigations are...
What School Counselors Need to Know and Be Able to Do About Accoutability: MEASURE 101
Presented by Robert Rotunda at the 8th Annual UFT Guidance Counselor Conference, Jan. 28, 2012.
Article Eight — Holidays, Vacations and Personal Days
8.1 Holidays. 8.1.1 Designation Regular Full-Time Employees will be entitled annually to the following holidays: New Year's Day (January 1) Independence Day (July 4) Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Labor Day President's Day Thanksgiving Day...
Article Thirteen — Education Reform
A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...